Build your Mac/iPhone app bundle while supporting charity

Seth Dillingham is once again riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge and is selling …

If you have been waiting for the right time to buy software for your Mac or iPhone, now is the time to get what you want while supporting a great charity. Seth Dillingham is once again pedaling his bicycle in the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) and selling generously donated software to sponsor his ride proceeds of which go to the PMC. All the money goes directly to the organization which, in turn, donates the money to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Massachusetts. The organization, which does research and patient care, receives 100 percent of the PMC-raised money. Last year, Seth was able to raise $10,000 for the charity. He has the same goal in mind for this year, but we would like to see him raise even more.

Simply go to Seth's website and find all the software you want from the long list provided, then make Seth an offer. It should be pointed out that that all lowball offers will be rejected (he's doing this for charity, after all), but Seth is a reasonable man. If he approves your offer, you make a donation in his name to the PMC. Email him your receipt, and he sends you activation codes for your software.

If you want to participate, you have a few more weeks to do so, but be advised that there are a finite number of licenses available for each title. The longer you wait, the less likely the software you want will be available. Thus far, Seth has raised $9,000 and has yet to release a few big ticket software titles—Microsoft Office 2008 and Adobe Photoshop CS4—into the fray. If you are a developer and you want to donate copies of your own software to the cause, donations are still being accepted.

So what are you waiting for? Head on over, be generous, get great software, and help Seth make this his most charitable ride yet.